July 9, 2016

(John Hinderaker) Listening to liberals like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, you would think that enormous numbers of black men are being gunned down by police officers. When the issue is debated, many take it for granted that a vastly disproportionate number of blacks are involved in police shootings–in fact, if you didn't know better, you might think that only blacks are ever shot by policemen. The numbers tell a different story.

NEW DELHI (AP) - A South Indian rapper is targeting Dow Chemical with rhymes - demanding the U.S. company pay more in victims' compensation and environmental damages stemming from a horrific chemical gas leak that killed thousands of people and sickened countless others.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A conservative group and two business organizations have banded together to defeat a ballot measure that that advocates say will improve government transparency in South Dakota.

The Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/29vnZmP) reports that Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota, the South Dakota Retailers Association and the South Dakota ...

VR will be big, AR will be bigger (and take longer). But as in most early-stage tech markets, growth will be curved, not straight. There will be a few billion dollars of revenue this year, a progressive ramp in 2017 and a hoped-for inflection point in 2018 (when AR could deliver that magic combination of hero device, long battery life, cellular capability, strong app ecosystem and telco… Read More

Democratic platform committee members approved several amendments Saturday promising a tougher stance against financial crimes committed by corporations or Wall Street. The committee approved language saying Democrats "support extending the statute of limitations for prosecuting major financial fraud" as well as an amendment stating Democrats will "support stronger criminal laws and civil penalties to be applied to Wall Street criminals who prey on the public trust" The committee also approved a

President Obama indirectly excused Hillary Clinton's careless handling of classified material Saturday by saying the State Department is overwhelmed daily by a "massive influx of information" due to improvements in technology.

While cautioning that he wouldn't comment on Mrs. Clinton's case, the president said at a news conference in Poland ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) — more commonly referred to as drones — are on the cusp of a major commercial trial that has the power to save thousands of lives. This pilot [program isn't taking place in the Bay Area or Boise or Boston. Instead, it will take place 7,200 miles away — in Rwanda. Read More

President Barack Obama said he expects the U.K. will abide by the wishes of British voters and carry out plans to leave the European Union, and urged both sides to conduct the departure with minimal disruption.

(Steven Hayward) In this special edition of the Power Line Show, Steve Hayward talks with author Robert Bryce about the new world of global oil prices which has ended, probably forever, OPEC's 40-year dominance. We also talk about the perverse subsidies for and output from "renewable" energy, and why nuclear power may be poised for a comeback. As always, you can listen to or download the show at the panel below or from

It's Halvening!!! Bitcoin just experienced a major milestone in its short little lifespan. The reward for mining a block (a block = a ledger of transaction data) was just cut in half from 25 bitcoins to 12.5 bitcoins. This means that assuming a price of $650 per coin, going forward miners will make ~$8,125 per block they mine, compared to $16,250 before the halving. But… Read More

The proliferation of guns among the U.S. citizenry contributes to lethal encounters between minorities and police, heightening the danger law enforcement officers face in even routine interactions with the public, President Barack Obama said on Saturday.

NEW YORK (AP) - Since the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement three years ago, many white Americans have wrestled with how to respond. Some chose racist-tinged ridicule. Others, by word or deed, sought to show solidarity as blacks protested the deaths of fellow blacks in encounters with police. ...

(John Hinderaker) The German domestic intelligence service says that Iran is making extensive and repeated efforts to obtain technology and materials needed for nuclear weapons, contrary to its longstanding assurances that its nuclear program is peaceful: The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) said in an annual report it has detected extensive Iranian attempts to acquire illicit materials in Germany, "especially goods that can be used in the

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's government is once again looking to hire a lobbyist to help keep track of any threats to the missions on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and the state's other military installations, as well as to devise strategies to protect those missions and attract new ones.

If you think Google has a controversial reputation at this point in its business evolution, buckle up because things are really stepping up a gear — as its machine learning DeepMind division pushes for access to publicly funded healthcare data. Read More